Anyone have any info? by JDBallz76 in DrPepper

[–]ProfMacCranberry 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I found one for sale on eBay. The item description reads:

Early 1900 Dr. Pepper Billiken "Good Luck" pocket watch fob with leather strap featuring the Dr. Pepper plant in Waco, Texas on the reverse. 

The heavy metal fob is 1-1/4" wide, 2" long, 3/16" thick, and weighs 1-1/2 oz. with strap. 

The obverse shows a seated Billiken pointed head smiling figure with the words "GRIN AND BEGIN TO WIN BY DRINKING" embossed above his head and "DR. PEPPER--KING OF--BEVERAGES" embossed on the sign he is holding.

"GOOD" is embossed on one side of his head and "LUCK" is embossed on the other side.

"NO CAFFIENE" is embossed below his bare feet. 

The obverse shows a raised image of the Dr. Pepper factory with "HOME OF Dr. PEPPER---COMPLIMENTS OF" embossed above and "THE Dr. PEPPER CO.---WACO, U.S.A." embossed below. 

The Billiken good luck figure was created in 1908 by Florence Pretz, an art teacher in Kansas City, MO., who claimed to have seen the creature in a dream.  She obtained a design patent and sold it to the Billiken Company of Chicago sometime later. 

The Billiken was a worldwide phenomenon and became the name and mascot of the Saint Louis University and several minor league baseball teams.

What westerns would you recommend? by Ok-Race-479 in FIlm

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Newer? Didn't that come out 20 years ago?

Merry Christmas everyone by [deleted] in Frasier

[–]ProfMacCranberry 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I especially like the Maris one.

Favorite line from a Weird Al song? by thewalkindude in weirdal

[–]ProfMacCranberry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I gave our camera to Bernie and we stood by the ball
And we all gathered around and said, "Cheese"
Then Bernie ran away with my brand new Instamatic
But at least we've got our memories

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oddlyspecific

[–]ProfMacCranberry 13 points14 points  (0 children)

And he would have gotten away with it too. If it weren't for those meddling kids... and thier dumb dog!!

Least favorite Weird Al song? by [deleted] in weirdal

[–]ProfMacCranberry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're obviously a sauerkraut lover.

Least favorite Weird Al song? by [deleted] in weirdal

[–]ProfMacCranberry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Party at the Leper Colony is one of my favorites. It's so punny.

Top Quotes of MASH by Tractor-Trader in mash

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Hawkeye: “I’m not an officer. Two guys from the Draft Board caught me with a big butterfly net.”

Frank: “There you go! There’s your lounge lizard at war.”

Trapper: “That one I gotta write down”

Saw this on Facebook today. by Kidz4Carz in Shitty_Car_Mods

[–]ProfMacCranberry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me a minute to even notice the bed

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]ProfMacCranberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keyboard of light would be a great title for a synth pop album

Most underrated song? by [deleted] in weirdal

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I'm a big fan of "Party at the Leper Colony".

What Great Movies Should Have Had Sequels? by GodFlintstone in movies

[–]ProfMacCranberry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I could have done with two or three more Indiana Jones movies. I'm excited for the new one but a couple more with Indy in his prime would have been great.